Rodrigo Lopresti (born September 6, 1976) is an American-Argentine actor, musician and film director who lives in

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Biography

Personal life

Rodrigo Lopresti was born in

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, the youngest of two children. Lopresti grew up in

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. He graduated

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in 1995. Lopresti became the singer and guitar player of a surf-punk band called Garlands Room in 1994. He released an album two years later under the name The Hermitt. He played most of the instruments in the 2003 release titled ''& The Story of the Insects''. Lopresti is also a painter.

Career

Lopresti got his start with a small role in the movie Dark Voices (2001), and since has appeared in several TV shows, Web Shorts, and commercials. He's also appeared in several movies, including ''

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'' and ''The Imperialists Are Still Alive!''. His band, The Hermitt and two songs he wrote were featured in the film '' Last Days''. Lopresti won a 2006 Best Short Film Award at the Charlotte Film Festival for the film ''Lucia'', which he directed and played the lead role. He also directed and starred in ''You're Gonna Feel Funny After'', a short film written by

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In 2011 he co-wrote, co-directed and starred in ''i'm not me'', his first feature as a director, which was selected as part of the IFP lab of 2010 and Wroclaw's Gotham In Progress 11 projects of 2011. He's also had roles in ''

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, The Missing Person'', and ''Neal Cassady''.

Filmography

References

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